Bones
A Forensic Detective's Casebook
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Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebonesforensicdet0000ubel
- ISBN-100061091456
- ISBN-139780061091452
- LibraryThing117340
- Goodreads1382326
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- OCLC Control Number28923243
- Better World Books9780061091452
- Open LibraryOL7287886M
Classifications
- LCCGN69.8 .U2 1993
Description
SOLVING CONTEMPORARY CRIMES AND UNVEILING THE MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENTS, A TOP FBI CONSULTANT REVEALS THE SECRETS OF... BONES From a young woman's murder in Virginia-solved a decade later by exhuming a skeletal hand-to the brutal death of a Paleolithic trader, the world famous forensic sleuth Dr. Douglas Ubelaker invites us to join him in a thrilling adventure. Taking us into the Smithsonian's collections, he explains the state of the art techniques that enable skilled practitioners to read the detaits of a life from a single thigh bone, A tantalizing collection of cases carries us from courtrooms, where a forensic expert's testimony can mean the difference between a conviction and an acquittal, to the most fascinating archeological digs in the world. We see firsthand how ancient discoveries continue to help solve twentieth-century crimes and how forensic se ence has made the bones of the dead speak. "True-crime addicts won't want to miss the book."
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